https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=856773
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=856773#c9
--- Comment #9 from Carlos Robinson 2014-01-07 01:12:17 UTC ---
I'd like to point out some more findings after upgrading my laptop from 11.4 to
13.1.
I connected to my laptop from my desktop machine via "ssh -Y ...", run gkrellm,
and a few more things. Yet I could suspend the laptop by closing the lid, or
hibernate it by touching the power button, or via main menu. Neither option
requested root password and succeeded - when several users were remotely
connected. This should be against that policy!
Then I opened a local text console session.
Suspend still worked fine.
Hibernation, though, failed.
If triggered from the menu, I got the afore mentioned issue of having the
prompt for password behind the logout dialog.
If triggered from power button, or lid close (configure change on purpose for
testing this situation), the screen showed the root password prompt, then it
faded to black. Notice that in this situation the user will hardly see the
password notice (no time to read it), and might store the laptop inside the
bag, CAUSING FIRE DANGER!
I'm not kidding, someone complained of a similar event on the forums about a
month ago. His laptop overheated when it was supposed to hibernate and
self-destroyed. Yes, he should check that the computer does power off, but he
might be on a hurry, and he be used to hibernation always working, if this is
the first time he has a second local session running.
At a minimum, the user running on battery could close the lid assuming
hibernation, which does not happen, the battery would run out and he could lose
data.
Gentlemen, this is not good.
(To me this is no longer an issue, I'll run "sudo pm-hibernate" without
password. To others...)
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